Gallery - View From Blackpool

Blackpool Methodist Gallery

This section gathers together all of the images we have accumulated relating to Methodism in Blackpool.

Some of these images were shared on the now defunct Blackpool Methodist Circuit website, while others have been gathered from a variety of sources. If you're interested in one of the newspaper articles a full transcription will be available in the Methodist History section of this website. More information will be added periodically.

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Red brick building with a large square tower on one corner

Chapel Street Methodist Church

Traditional brick built church building without a tower or spire

South Shore Methodist Community Church on Scarsdale Road, Blackpool

Red brick church with a square tower and stone architectural features around windows and doors, positioned on the corner of a road

Layton Methodist Church on Westcliffe Drive, Blackpool

Modern brick built church with a steep, white trimmed A-frame roof

South Shore Methodist Community Church on Dorritt Road, Blackpool

Modern yellow brick church building, with large rectangular plain glass windows

Marton Methodist Church on Midgeland Road, Blackpool

Modern red brick church building comprising the floor above a shoe shop

New Central Methodist Church on Adelaide St West, Blackpool

Traditional red brick church with a spire

North Shore Methodist Community Church, Blackpool

Modern brick built church building without a tower or spire

Waterloo Road Methodist Church, Blackpool

Side view of a traditional red brick church with a spire on the left hand end

Raikes Parade Methodist Church, Blackpool

Angled view of a traditional red brick church with a spire

Raikes Parade Methodist Church, Blackpool

Front view of a traditional red brick church with a spire

Raikes Parade Methodist Church, Blackpool

Monochrome interior of a church with pews in the foreground, a central stained glass window, organ pipes to the right and arched memorial to the left

Interior of Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church, Blackpool

cover of a Spanish Bazaar souvenir book for Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church featuring a line drawing of the church

Spanish Bazaar souvenir book: Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church

Church interior, mostly painted in shades of cream, showing pews in front of a raised wooden platform and organ pipes on a turquoise wall

Highfield Church interior

Organ pipes on a turquoise wall,above a wooden pulpit and table displaying a brass cross and vase of flowers

Highfield Church organ

Interior of a Methodist church with dark wooden pews, cream coloured walls, a curved ceiling and high arched windows

Highfield Church interior - view from the pulpit

Exterior of a brick built church with square tower next to a bingo hall

Central Methodist Church

Grainy black and white picture of a church with a spire

Shaw Road Methodist Church

Interior of church hall, with wooden floor, large windows and stacked chairs on both sides, and a raised platform at the end

Highfield Church hall interior

Galley kitchen in a church hall, a window at the end, a serving hatch on the left, cupboards and appliances on both sides

Highfield Church hall kitchen

Wooden octagonal baptismal font on a stand, bearing an inscribed brass plate

Highfield Church font, in memory of Mrs Irene Wisbey (nee Lord) and sister Bernice

Dark blue banner, a faded yellow fringe, with the words 'Highfield Methodist Sunday School' in faded yellow

Highfield Sunday School banner

Poster with an image of Jesus and a number of children, surrounded by boxes containing names and dates

Highfield Methodist Church Cradle Roll

Interior of a Methodist church with dark wooden pews, cream coloured walls and large arched windows

Highfield Church interior - view from the front

Organ pipes against a light blue wall with wooden panelled furnishings in front

Highfield Church interior

Organ pipes against a light blue wall, wooden altar rail in the foreground and wooden panelled pulpit and choir stalls behind

Highfield Church interior

Brass cross on a table in Highfield Methodist Church

Highfield Church cross

Waterloo Road Methodist Church partly hidden by trees

Waterloo Road Methodist Church exterior

Large modern church hall, painted pale blue and white

Waterloo Road Methodist Church interior

Black and white view of a church with a spire, people and cars passing by

North Shore Methodist Church exterior

Red brick church with a spire, cars parked outside

North Shore Methodist Church exterior

Interior of a large church with a balcony, painted white with wooden panelling and organ pipes in the centre

North Shore Methodist Church interior

Black and white image of a church with a square tower on the corner of a road

Central Methodist Church

Monochrome image of a traditional red brick church with a spire

Raikes Parade Methodist Church, Blackpool

Monochrome image of organ pipes and a wooden pulpit in a church

Interior of Raikes Parade Methodist Church, Blackpool

White ceramic mug with the image of a church transfer-printed in red on both sides

North Shore Methodist Church commemorative mug

Monochrome picture of a group of 38 men, most wearing black suits and bow ties, some sitting, some standing, outside a church door

Blackpool Male Voice Choir at Raikes Parade Methodist Church - date unknown

1846 newspaper cutting about a London Missionary Society meeting in Blackpool

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1846 - London Missionary Society meeting in Blackpool

1848 cutting from Slater's Directory about places of worship in Blackpool

1848 Slater’s Directory: Places of worship in Blackpool

1851 census return for Marton Methodist Church

1851 Census: return for Wesleyan Chapel, Great Marton

1851 Census: return for Central Methodist Church

1855 cutting from Slater's Directory about places of worship in Blackpool

1855 Slater’s Directory: Places of worship in Blackpool

Newspaper article dated 17 February 1855 about a Wesleyan tea party

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Wesleyan Annual Tea Party 1855

Newspaper article dated 9th August 1862 about a presentation to Reverend E Oldfield

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Presentation to Rev. E Oldfield

Newspaper article dated 17 September 1864 about the building of Adelaide Street Methodist Church

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1864 Adelaide Street Methodist Church newspaper article

1864 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1864 - marriage announcement

Black and white cutting showing a street view of a church and shops, descriptive text beneath

Central Methodist Church, 1865

May 1867 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: May 1867 - marriage announcement

June 1867 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: June 1867 - marriage announcement

1868 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1868 - marriage announcement

1869 cutting from Slater's Directory about places of worship in Blackpool

1869 Slater’s Directory: Places of worship in Blackpool

Newspaper article dated 15th April 1872 about annual school sermons

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Annual school sermons 1871

Newspaper article dated 11th April 1874 about annual Sunday school sermons

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Annual Sunday school sermons 1874

Newspaper article dated 17 November 1877 about the Wesleyan Foreign Missionary Society at Adelaide Street Methodist Church

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1877 - Wesleyan Foreign Missionary Society at Adelaide Street Methodist Church

1878 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1878 - Adelaide Street Church marriage announcement

1879 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1879 - marriage announcement

Newspaper article dated 21 February 1880 about the Adelaide Street Methodist Church annual meeting and tea

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1880 - Adelaide Street Methodist Church annual meeting and tea

1881 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

Blackpool Herald: 1881 - fashionable weddings in Blackpool

1881 newspaper cutting about Blackpool Wesleyan Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Society

Blackpool Herald: 1881 - Blackpool Wesleyan Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Society

Newspaper article dated 14 April 1882 about the Wesleyan Sunday School Union meeting at Adelaide Street Methodist Church

Blackpool Herald: 1882 - Wesleyan Sunday School Union meeting at Adelaide Street Methodist Church

Newspaper article dated 14 April 1882 about the Adelaide Street Sunday School annual sermons

Blackpool Herald: 1882 - Adelaide Street Sunday School annual sermons

1883 newspaper cutting about anniversary services in the Wesleyan Chapel, Blackpool

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Anniversary services in Blackpool's Wesleyan Chapel 1883

1888 newspaper cutting about the Christmas Tea and Entertainment at Chapel Street Methodist Church

Blackpool Herald: Christmas Tea and Entertainment at Chapel Street, 1883

1885 newspaper cutting about a Wesleyan quarterly meeting

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Wesleyan quarterly meeting 1885

1886 newspaper cutting about a new Methodist chapel for Blackpool

Blackpool Herald: 1886 - Methodist New Connexion

1888 newspaper cutting about Christmas tea for Sunday school children at Adelaide Street

Blackpool Herald: 1888 - Treat to children at Adelaide Street

1888 newspaper cutting about a service at Adelaide Street Methodist Church

Blackpool Herald: 1888 - Christmas service at Adelaide Street

1890 newspaper cutting about new Wesleyan buildings

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1890 - new Wesleyan buildings in Fylde District

1895 cutting from Kellys's Directory about Rawcliffe Street Wesleyan Chapel in Blackpool

1895 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Rawcliffe Street Wesleyan Chapel

1895 cutting from Kelly's Directory about places of worship in Blackpool

1895 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Places of worship in Blackpool

1895 cutting from Kellys's Directory about Marton Methodist Chapel in Blackpool

1895 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Marton Methodist Chapel

1900 newspaper cutting about a meeting of the Fylde Wesleyan Circuit at Adelaide Street Methodist Church

Fleetwood Chronicle and Fylde Advertiser: 1900 - Fylde Wesleyan Circuit meeting at Adelaide Street Methodist Church

1900 newspaper cutting about a meeting of the Wesley Guild Movement at Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church

Fleetwood Chronicle and Fylde Advertiser: 1900 Wesley Guild Movement meeting at Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church

Sketch of a church with a spire on the corner of a road, people are in the foregorund having emerged from the church

The Building News 1904: Raikes Parade Methodist Church - image with plan

1905 newspaper cutting about a prize-giving at Layton Methodist New Connexion School

The Preston Herald: 1905 - Layton Methodist New Connexion School

1907 newspaper cutting about a floral bazaar at Layton Methodist Church

The Fleetwood Chronicle and Fylde Advertiser: 1907 - Layton Methodists: Hold a successful floral bazaar

1909 Advertisement - United Methodist Church, Adelaide Street: 1909 advertisement for events at Adelaide Street Methodist Church

1911 newspaper cutting about a trip to Nottingham by members of Layton Methodist Church

The Fleetwood Chronicle and Fylde Advertiser: 1911 - Layton Methodists at Nottingham

1915 newspaper cutting about an address at Adelaide Street Methodist Church by the assistant secretary to the London Wesleyan Mission

Fleetwood Chronicle and Fylde Advertiser: 1915 - London Wesleyan Mission assistant secretary at Adelaide Street Methodist Church

Black granite tablet listing Marton’s First World War dead

First World War Memorial, Marton Methodist Church

First World memorial plaque, North Shore Methodist Church

Large, unframed, decorated sheet of paper listing the details of Raikes Parade members who served in the First World War

First World War roll of honour, Raikes Parade Methodist Church

A collection of plaques and a framed roll of honour hanging on a wooden clad wall in Raikes Parade Methodist Church

War memorials in Raikes Parade Methodist Church

First World War memorial plaque in Raikes Parade Methodist Church

Second World War memorial plaque in Raikes Parade Methodist Church

Unpolished First World War brass memorial plaque

First World War Memorial Plaque, Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church

Refurbished First World War brass memorial plaque on a table covered in a blue cloth in Highfield Road Methodist Church

First World War Memorial Plaque, Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church

Refurbished First World War brass memorial plaque on a wall in Highfield Road Methodist Church

First World War Memorial Plaque, Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church

Second World War Memorial Table, Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church

Framed roll of honour for Waterloo Road Methodist Mission

Roll of honour, Waterloo Road Methodist Mission

Portrait of a First World War Soldier, Private W R Noble, first Sunday School Superintendent

Portrait of Private W R Noble from Lindale Methodist Church

Black and white image of the interior of a church with a balcony, with all seating filled by First World War soldiers

London Scottish Regiment in Raikes Parade Methodist Church

1924 cutting from Kellys's Directory about Methodist chapels in Blackpool

1924 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Blackpool's Methodist Chapels

1924 cutting from Kelly's Directory about Marton Methodist Chapel

1924 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Marton Methodist Chapel

1924 cutting from Kellys's Directory about Methodist churches in Blackpool

1924 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Blackpool's Methodist churches

1934 newspaper cutting about plans for a new Layton Methodist Church

Lancashire Daily Post: 1934 - Layton Methodists: Plans for Erection of £7,000 Church and Schoolroom

1935 newspaper cutting about the Rose Queen crowning and fete at Marton Methodist Church

Lancashire Daily Post: 1935 - Marton All Colour and Bustle: Rose Queen Crowning and Fete

1937 newspaper cutting about Fylde Sunday School League football results

Lancashire Daily Post: 1937 - Fylde Sunday School League - Results

Newspaper article dated 17 June 1937 about a chor competition

Lancashire Daily Post: Lytham St Annes Music Festival 1937

Inscribed grey foundation stone in a brick wall

Foundation stone Layton Methodist Church

1938 newspaper cutting about the death of a member of Marton Methodist Church

Lancashire Daily Post: 1938 - Retired Coal Merchant Dies at Blackpool

1939 newspaper cutting about the crowning of the Rose Queen at Marton Methodist Church

Lancashire Daily Post: 1939 - Parade in Rain: Marton Moss Rose Queen Crowned

Black and white image of children eating at a table attended by nurses in uniforms and veils

Nursery in Methodist Schoolrooms, about 1941

stained glass Second World War memorial window

Second World War memorial window, Chapel Street Methodist Church

Framed Second World War roll of honour for Central Methodist Church and Sunday School

Second World War Roll of Honour for Blackpool Central Methodist Church and Sunday School

1946 newspaper cutting featuring a letter about Marton Methodist Church

Lancashire Evening Post: 1946 Letter to the Lancashire Evening Post: Marton Methodism

Stone showing name of Lindale Methodist Church and date 1948

1948 Foundation stone in Lindale Methodist Church

Foundation stone inscribed 'Members of the Church'

Stone from Lindale Methodist Church laid on behalf of 'Members of the Church'

Foundation stone showing the name Irene W Fairfoot

Stone from Lindale Methodist Church showing name 'Irene W Fairfoot'

Foundation stone showing the name Margaret Taylor

Stone from Lindale Methodist Church showing name 'Margaret Taylor'

Foundation stone showing the name Nan Riley

Stone from Lindale Methodist Church showing name 'Nan Riley'

Foundation stone showing the name Mrs J Potts

Stone from Lindale Methodist Church showing name 'Mrs J Potts'

Foundation stone showing the name Margaret Burton

Stone from Lindale Methodist Church showing name 'Margaret Burton'

Foundation stone showing the name Mr W Singleton

Stone from Lindale Methodist Church showing name 'Mr W Singleton'

1948 newspaper cutting about a trip to Roughlee Lake by members of Waterloo Road Methodist Church

The Nelson Leader: 1948 trip to Roughlee Lake by members of Waterloo Road Methodist Church

Four sandstone memorial stones set in brickwork of Highfield Methodist Church Hall

Memorial stones set in brickwork, Highfield Methodist Church Hall

Two sets of sandstone memorial stones set in brickwork of Highfield Methodist Church Hall, Nine in one group and four in the other

Memorial stones set in brickwork, Highfield Methodist Church Hall

Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'This stone was laid by Miss Mary Burrill'

Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall laid by Miss Mary Burrill

Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Mr and Mrs William Cartmell and family'

Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for Mr and Mrs William Cartmell and family

Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'In memory of Annie Cartmell an original founder member'

Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for Annie Cartmell

Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'In memory of George Elliott 1876-1952'

Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for George Elliott

Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Albert Hague JP'

Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for Albert Hague

Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Mrs and Mrs Maurice Naylor and family'

Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for Mr and Mrs Maurice Naylor and family

Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'In memory of W Arthur Warburton, Sunday School Superintendent'

Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for W Arthur Warburton

Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Sunday School Miss Irene Lord'

Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for the Sunday School - Miss Irene Lord

Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Youth Fellowship J Donald Wedgwood'

Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for the Youth Fellowship - J Donald Wedgwood

Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Ladies Home Fellowship Miss Phyllis M Kershaw'

Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for the Ladies Home Fellowship - Miss Phyllis M Kershaw

Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Married Ladies Mrs Dorothy B Warburton'

Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for the Married Ladies - Mrs Dorothy B Warburton

Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Bright Hour Mrs Sarah A Hooley'

Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for the Bright Hour - Mrs Sarah A Hooley

Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Men's Fellowship - John A France'

Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for the Men's Fellowship - John A France

Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Men's Institute Richard Smith'

Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for the Men's Institute - Richard Smith

Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'Choir Miss Anne Steele'

Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for the Choir - Miss Anne Steele

Sandstone memorial stone inscribed 'The Trust John T Kershaw'

Memorial stone in Highfield Methodist Church Hall for The Trust - John T Kershaw

Grey stone with gold lettered inscription laid on behalf of the congregation commemorating the 1967 building of Lindale Methodist Church

Stone laid on behalf of the congregation commemorating the 1967 building of Lindale Methodist Church

Grey stone with gold lettered inscription laid on behalf of old members and friends commemorating the 1967 building of Lindale Methodist Church

Stone laid on behalf of old members and friends commemorating the 1967 building of Lindale Methodist Church

Brown perspex plaque with white lettered inscription to Joseph Rank commemorating the 1967 building of Lindale Methodist Church

Memorial plaque to Joseph Rank commemorating the 1967 building of Lindale Methodist Church

Brown perspex plaque with white lettered inscription to Grasmere Road Methodist Church commemorating the 1967 building of Lindale Methodist Church

Memorial plaque to Grasmere Road Methodist Church commemorating the 1967 building of Lindale Methodist Church

Unaddressed, long white envelope, with green 6p stamp, printed with the image of a church and stamped with the church name and dates 1875 and 1975

Envelope commemorating the centenary of Chapel Street Methodist Church

Detail of an embroidered cloth featuring Waterloo Road Methodist Church

Waterloo Road Methodist Church embroidered cloth

Detail of an embroidered cloth featuring Waterloo Road Methodist Church and numerous names in different colours

Waterloo Road Methodist Church embroidered cloth

Girl in a white dress and dark green cloak, with yellow roses in her hair, sitting on a throne accompanied by a woman and two page boys

Blackpool Gazette: Tracey Smithey crowned as Rose Queen at Marton Methodist Church, 1997

White commemorative mug showing the image of a church and the text 'Highfield Methodist Church, Blackpool, 1898-1998'

Highfield Methodist Church commemorative mug

Line drawing of a traditional brick built church with a spire

Highfield Methodist Church ('1898-1998' on the back of the frame)

Front cover of a thin booklet celebrating a church centenary (1907 to 2007), featuring a photograph of the church

North Shore Methodist Church interior

Blackpool Gazette: Interior of North Shore Methodist Church

Heritage coordinator Diana Holden looking at table full of photographs

Blackpool Gazette: North Shore Methodist Church Heritage coordinator, Diana Holden

Reverend Janet Pybon standing in North Shore Methodist Church

Blackpool Gazette: Reverend Janet Pybon

Exterior of a traditional red brick church with a spire

Blackpool Gazette: North Shore Methodist Church

A woman sitting sideways in a pew of a traditional church, looking up towards the rear balcony

Blackpool Gazette: North Shore Methodist Church Senior steward, Yvonne Goulds

Three women standing in the upper balcony of a traditional church, organ pipes and pulpit visible behind them

Blackpool Gazette: Diana Holden, Rev. Janet Pybon, Yvonne Goulds

Red and green flower motif stained glass window in North Shore Methodist Church

Blackpool Gazette: Window, North Shore Methodist Church

Geometric design, stained glass window behind a darkened table on with a cross is placed

Blackpool Gazette: Window, North Shore Methodist Church

White and grey vertically-placed organ pipes

Blackpool Gazette: Organ pipes in North Shore Methodist Church

Three different stained glass windows, with geometric and floral designs

Windows, North Shore Methodist Church

Woman in jeans, a blue cardigan and silk scarf standing in a church car park looking at the notice board

Blackpool Gazette: 2020 Blackpool church needs a Christmas miracle or it will face closure in January

Woman in jeans, a blue cardigan and silk scarf standing in an empty church hall

Blackpool Gazette: 2020 Marton Methodist Church hall

Yellow noticeboard displaying posters and decorative items

Blackpool Gazette: 2020 Noticeboard in Marton Methodist Church hall

Lindale Methodist Church entrance

Modern church hall, wooden tiled floor and rainbow painted roof supports

Lindale Church hall - view from stage

Lindale Church hall - view of stage

Modern hall, brick-walled, tiled ceiling, tables and chairs distributed randomly either side of a red carpet runner

Lindale Methodist Church interior

Church hall with tables and chairs in the centre and stalls around the edge in front of large windows

Highfield Methodist Church Christmas Fayre circa 2022